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Subject: Fwd: GSA Response - Fee Restructuring
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:43:53 -0500
From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
Dear Bev,
Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science.
Thank you!
Muthu
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:10:40 -0500
From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Subject: GSA Response - Fee Restructuring
To: undisclosed-recipients@
Hi everyone,
The Graduate Students' Association has finished a response to the
proposal to restructure graduate student fees. It's attached for your
information, please circulate it to anyone who may be interested.
It's fairly long, but much of it is appendices. There's also a summary
at the beginning.
Also, a reminder that we're meeting in the GSA office today at 5pm to
discuss building a campaign from here. You're all welcome and
encouraged to attend!
Meghan
--
Meghan Gallant
President
University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association
Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students
221 University Centre
Phone: (204) 474-9181
Cell: (204) 291-6239
www.umgsa.ca
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Bev Godard
Secretary
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
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Subject: Fwd: Fee Restructuring handbill
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:18:56 -0500
From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
Hi Bev,
Please forward this to all graduate students in our department.
Thank you!
Muthu
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:06:16 -0500
From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Subject: Fee Restructuring handbill
To: undisclosed-recipients@
Hi Councillors,
I've attached a handbill we developed regarding the fee restructuring
underway. Please circulate it as widely as possible. We also have
printed copies in the GSA office if you would like some.
Our formal response to the fee restructuring committee is almost done
and I'll email this out as soon as I can.
Also, please encourage students in your departments to email the Faculty
of Graduate Studies to let them know what they think of this
restructuring. If you could cc me on any emails/letters that go out it
would be much appreciated.
Meghan
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Meghan Gallant
President
University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association
Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students
221 University Centre
Phone: (204) 474-9181
Cell: (204) 291-6239
www.umgsa.ca
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Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
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Subject: Fwd: Graduate Student Survey
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:07:39 -0500
From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
Hi Bev,
Please forward this to all graduate students in our department.
Thank you!
Muthu
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:05:14 -0500
From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Subject: Graduate Student Survey
To: undisclosed-recipients@
Councillors - can you please forward this email to students in your
departments? Thanks!
Dear Graduate Students,
The Faculty of Graduate Studies is conducting a survey of graduate
students that I encourage you to fill out. You should have received an
email from Gene Senior on Tuesday March 6 containing a link to the
survey website and a personal access code. If you did not receive this
email or have questions about the survey, please contact Thomas Hassard,
Associate Dean, at hassard(a)cc.umanitoba.ca.
The survey contains a number of questions related to your experience as
a graduate student at the University of Manitoba and your responses will
be kept anonymous. This information will be shared with the Graduate
Students' Association and will help us improve the services and
representation we provide. In particular, I encourage you to respond to
the final, open-ended question.
As a further incentive, a $200 prize will be given to each 100th respondant.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Meghan
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Meghan Gallant
President
University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association
Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students
221 University Centre
Phone: (204) 474-9181
Cell: (204) 291-6239
www.umgsa.ca
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Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
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Subject: Fwd: Graduate Fee Restructuring
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:00:47 -0500
From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
Hi Bev,
Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science.
Thank you!
Muthu
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Muthukumar Bagavathiannan,
Ph.D. Scholar,
Division of Plant Science,
The University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2
Ph:001-204-269-1223
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
-Mahatma Gandhi
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:32:23 -0500
From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca>
Subject: Graduate Fee Restructuring
To: undisclosed-recipients@
Hi Councillors,
I wanted to provide an update to those of you who weren't available to
hear today's presentation from the graduate fees restructuring
committee. And to let you know that the GSA campaigns committee is
meeting on Wednesday, March 28 at 5pm in the GSA Office to discuss
follow-up to this news. Please circulate to anyone who may be interested.
The fee restructuring committee has proposed to eliminate the current
fee model that has students pay tuition fees for the first year of a
Master's or first two years of a PhD, and then pay reduced 'continuing
fees' after that. Instead, they are proposing that students pay a 'term
fee': a flat, unchanging fee each term throughout the full duration of a
degree. The current recommendation is to set this fee at $1,000,
although this is subject to approval from the University President and
the Board of Governors. This brings the cost of a graduate program,
whether Master's of PhD, to $3,000 per year.
The presenters indicated that this would be "approximately revenue
neutral". However, we crunched some numbers this afternoon, and this
model means fairly substantial increases to the cost of graduate
eduction. Specifically (in most programs):
23% increase to the total cost of a 2 year Master's
44% increase to the total cost of a 5 year PhD
For international students, the differential fee would now apply to all
fees assessed (differential fees do not apply to continuing fees under
the current model). This means:
33% increase to the total cost of a 2 year Master's
60% increase to the total cost of a 5 year Phd
Fees would continue to be assessed for any subsequent years at the $1000
per term rate.
We are obviously very concerned about the impact this will have on
access and on students' ability to complete their degrees in reasonable
time. We are preparing a full response to the recommendations, although
this has been difficult given the lack of information provided thus
far. We've requested a copy of the presentation given today, although
the presenters were uncertain as to whether we would be allowed to have
a copy.
We'll provide more updates and analysis as we have them, until then
please let students and faculty in your departments know that this is
happening.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Meghan
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Meghan Gallant
President
University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association
Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students
221 University Centre
Phone: (204) 474-9181
Cell: (204) 291-6239
www.umgsa.ca
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Secretary
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
Graduate student annual progress reports should be completed and
returned to the Faculty of Graduate Studies via the Department of Plant
Science by June 15, 2007. Students are not permitted to re-register if
their APR has not been submitted for the previous academic session.
Please note that it is the responsibility of the advisor, not the
student, to ensure that student progress is reviewed.
I will put further information and forms in advisor's mailboxes.
Additional forms are available outside my office.
--
Martha Blouw, Administrative Assistant
Department of Plant Science
226 Agriculture Building
66 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8223 Fax: (204) 474-7528
martha_blouw(a)umanitoba.ca
http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/
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Subject: GSA award for excellence in teaching
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:50:40 -0500
From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
Hi Bev,
Please forward this to all graduate students in our department.
Thank you!
Muthu
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Hi everyone,
The time has come for nominations for the GSA's annual award for
Excellence in Teaching. Graduate students are invited to submit
nominations of their advisors, lab supervisors or other professors in
their department who have demonstrated a commitment to the teaching
profession, a dedication to knowledge and an understanding and
accommodation of student needs.
Nominations must include:
1. a nomination form (available at the GSA Office)
2. the nominee's Curriculum Vitae
3. a list of the courses the nominee has taught
4. a list of the graduate student advisory committees the nominee is
a member.
Nominees must be active in Graduate Studies, have been members of the
Faculty of Graduate Studies for at least 2 years and must be teaching
graduate level courses at the time of the nomination.
Nominations are due by March 30th at the GSA Office.
Any questions or concerns, please contact execatlarge(a)umgsa.ca.
Thanks,
Christina Fawcett
Exec-at-Large
2006-07
--
Muthukumar Bagavathiannan,
Ph.D. Scholar,
Division of Plant Science,
The University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2
Ph:001-204-269-1223
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
-Mahatma Gandhi
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University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
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Subject: GSA conference grant
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:55:47 -0600
From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
Hi Bev,
Good morning! Please forward this message to all graduate students in the
department of plant science.
*Hi,
The next GSA conference grants deadline is Monday, March 19th. Application
Forms are available in the GSA website and paper copies are available in the
GSA office. Should you have any question about the granting process, please
contact Mr. Matt McLean at vpf(a)umgsa.ca
Muthu*
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Muthukumar Bagavathiannan,
Ph.D. Scholar,
Division of Plant Science,
The University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2
Ph:001-204-269-1223
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
-Mahatma Gandhi
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Secretary
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
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Subject: meeting with Dr. Jayaraman Jayaraj
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:31:50 -0600
From: umturmel(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
To: Bev Godard <godardbd(a)ms.umanitoba.ca>
Hi Bev,
Could you please forward this to the grad students.
Thanks,
Soleil
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Hello All,
Just a reminder that our meeting with Dr. Jayaraman Jayaraj (candidate for
the Horticultural Plant Pathology position) is today (Thursday) from 10:30 to
11:30 in the seminar room.
Hope to see you all there,
Soleil
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Secretary
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8563
Fax: (204) 474-7528
Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca
FYI
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G. Murray Ballance
Professor and Department Head
Department of Plant Science
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T2N2
Ph: (204) 474-6086
Fax: (204) 474-7528
email: murray_ballance(a)umanitoba.ca
